أخذت أعد أيامي

أخذت أعد أيامي

وأنظر جاهداً خبرك

وأنظر جاهداً خبرك

I began to count my days,

I took to counting my days

And earnestly seek news of you,

And looking for news of you eagerly

وأسأل عنك أيامي

وأسأل عنك أيامي

فمن بالهجر قد أمرك

فمن بالهجر قد أمرك

And ask my days about you.

And asking my days about you

Who, then, has ordered you to forsake me?

So by estrangement who has commanded you

سنون قضيتها حبّا

سنون قضيتها حبّا

إلى أن يتعب الحب

إلى أن يتعب الحب

Years I spent in love,

Years I spent in love

Until love grows weary.

Until love becomes exhausted

فإن يكن الهوى ذنبا

فإن يكن الهوى ذنبا

فمحبوبي هو الذنب

فمحبوبي هو الذنب

So if passion should be a sin,

If passion is a sin

Then my beloved is the sin.

Then my beloved is that sin

مليح لا أسميه

مليح لا أسميه

فقد حار الهوى فيه

فقد حار الهوى فيه

A handsome one I do not name,

A beauty I will not name

For passion has been bewildered by him.

For passion has confused me about him

شربت الخمر من فيه

شربت الخمر من فيه

فصرت أتيه في التيه

فصرت أتيه في التيه

I drank wine from his mouth,

I drank wine from his mouth

So I began to wander in bewilderment,

So I lost my way in craving him

وأسهر في لياليه

وأسهر في لياليه

مليح وجهه البدر

مليح وجهه البدر

And stay awake through his nights.

And stay up through his nights

A handsome one whose face is the full moon,

A beauty his face like the moon

وفي ألحاظه سحر

وفي ألحاظه سحر

وفي أعطافه الأمر

وفي أعطافه الأمر

And in his glances there is magic,

And in his glances is magic

And in his form lies the command

And in his tenderness is the command

بأن أهوى له الأمر

بأن أهوى له الأمر

That I should love—his is the command.

That I passionately love him